About Gerry

Gerald Avon Beathard Jr, the elder of our inspectors, usually goes by his nickname Gerry. He is a Texas licensed Professional Real Estate Inspector. He is also an InterNACHI Certified Master Inspector (CMI).

Gerry was born on Galveston Island where he was raised through the 8th grade. Yes he us BOI. In Galveston he became a competative skateboarder, an avid fisherman, and maintained the neighboorhood’s pools. His father moved the family to Austin just in time for Gerry to attend High School. Here Gerry spent time playing musical instruments (bass, guitar, madolin, dobro and banjo) He also started working at his dad’s ranch in Lockhart. The hard work of the ranch taught him a good work ethic. He also developed a keen interest in hunting.

After high school, he attended Austin College in Sherman, Texas were he majored in Business and Accounting. After graduation, he attended Texas State Technical Institute (now a college) where he received a degree in Building Trades.

In 1986 Gerry earned his first certification as a Building Inspector. This certification was with the Southern Building Codes Congress. Certifications quickly came from CABO for multifamily and for gas inspection. Southern Building Codes Congress was one of the predecessors to the current Internationsl Code Council. Gerry worked as a contract inspector for several cities in Central Texas for several years.

By 1990 Gerry was building custom homes and remodeling as a general contractor. Log homes in the country and lake homes in East Texas were built over the years. He still builds spec lake homes in Polk and San Jacinto counties.

Gerry, along with his son Trey, decided to expand back into inspection as a Professional Real Estate Inspector. He brings over 37 years of construction experience to Stellar Inspectors.

Here is a list of his inspection related certifications:

Certifications acquired through home inspector training from InterNACHI